{"id":53580,"date":"2024-07-01T13:58:16","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T20:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=53580"},"modified":"2024-07-01T13:58:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T20:58:16","slug":"job-northeast-unit-restoration-specialist-natural-resource-specialist-3-nrs3-dept-of-natural-resources-colville-wa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/job-northeast-unit-restoration-specialist-natural-resource-specialist-3-nrs3-dept-of-natural-resources-colville-wa\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Northeast Unit Restoration Specialist, Natural Resource Specialist 3 (NRS3), Dept. of Natural Resources (Colville, WA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Salary<\/strong>: $58,380.00 – $78,468.00 Annually<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Location<\/strong>: Stevens County \u2013 Colville, WA<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Job Type<\/strong>: Full Time – Permanent<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Job Number:\u00a0<\/strong>2024-7237-07488<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Department<\/strong>: Dept. of Natural Resources<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Opening Date<\/strong>: 06\/26\/2024<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Closing Date<\/strong>: 07\/10\/2024 11:59 PM Pacific<\/div>\n
Category<\/strong>: Agriculture \/ Land Use \/ Natural Resources \/ Forestry<\/span><\/div>\n
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Federal Lands Northeast Unit Restoration Specialist, Natural Resource Specialist 3 (NRS3)<\/strong><\/div>\n
Recruitment #2024-6-7237
Full-time, Permanent, Represented position
Location: Northeast Region- Colville, WA.
<\/strong>Location flexibility may be available and considered<\/strong><\/div>\nWork Hours and Partial Telework flexibility may be available and considered<\/strong>
Relocation Compensation may be available and considered
Salary: $4,865.00 – $6,539.00
<\/strong>The salary range listed includes a general wage increase of 3% for all state employees effective July 1, 2024.\u00a0

Want to join something GREAT and make a difference?<\/strong>
The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has an exciting opportunity within our Forest Resilience Division and Federal Lands Section. Are you someone who loves the outdoors and is passionate about implementing restoration work across Washington State\u2019s natural landscapes? If you want to improve our public places, can think creatively, and have good practical forestry, planning, and management skills, then this is the job for you. The DNR\u2019s Forest Resilience Division is seeking motivated individuals to join the Federal Lands Section \u2013 a team of expert restoration specialists focused on project implementation across the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management lands throughout Washington.

As part of this Division and Program, you will work alongside a talented cadre of professional planners, scientists, and implementers providing service to state, private, and federal partners to increase the resiliency and health of Washington\u2019s forests and urban landscapes. In this position, you will be a part of a skilled team of specialists focused on increasing the pace and scale of federal restoration work, primarily on the Colville National Forest, while supporting other program staff statewide. Working independently and as a team, this position will work under the supervision and guidance of the Federal Lands Northeast District Manager. You will complete a broad variety of tasks from commercial (timber sale) project presales and associated contract development and administration, to noncommercial hazardous fuel reduction work, as well as, forest road projects focused on reducing impacts to resources. Through extensive use of the Good Neighbor Authority, the Federal Lands Program works in coordination with department staff, federal partners, and other state and local partners to plan and effectively implement projects that increase forest resiliency.

This position\u2019s primary responsibility is to successfully implement restoration projects on the Colville National Forest. This includes layout and contract administration of GNA commercial thinning timber sale projects, fuels reduction projects, pre-commercial thinning contracts, invasive weeds service contracts, and more. This position will also travel to other national forests throughout Washington to support other GNA projects.

The work accomplished under this position directly contributes to the success of forest restoration objectives in Washington State, while also generating funding to be reinvested into federal forest landscapes across the state of Washington. Duties will include coordination with the U.S. Forest Service to ensure lead agency objectives are met with a focus on customer service, development of collaborative partnerships, and identifying and securing additional GNA restoration projects.\n

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